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**Elizabeth II Coffin (1656-1666), 4th daughter, died aged 10.
**Elizabeth II Coffin (1656-1666), 4th daughter, died aged 10.
[[File:JaneCoffin Died1717 HuishChurch Devon.png|thumb|Mural monument to Jane Coffin (1657-1717), Church of St James The Less, [[Huish, Devon|Huish]]]]
[[File:JaneCoffin Died1717 HuishChurch Devon.png|thumb|Mural monument to Jane Coffin (1657-1717), Church of St James The Less, [[Huish, Devon|Huish]]]]
**Jane Coffin (1657-1717), 5th daughter, who in 1682 married Roger Wollocombe (1658-1708) of Combe in the parish of [[Roborough]], North Devon, [[Sheriff of Devon]] in 1706.<ref>Vivian, p.796, pedigree of Wollocombe</ref> She survived her husband and died without progeny, appointing as her executor to her will her nephew Richard Yeo (1687-1750) (3rd son and heir of her younger sister Gertrude Coffin) lord of the manor of [[Huish, Devon|Huish]] in Devon, who erected the surviving inscribed mural monument in the Church of St James The Less, Huish, in her memory.<ref>Text of monument</ref>
**Jane Coffin (1657-1717), 5th daughter, who in 1682 married Roger Wollocombe (1658-1708) of Combe in the parish of [[Roborough, Torridge|Roborough]], North Devon, [[Sheriff of Devon]] in 1706.<ref>Vivian, p.796, pedigree of Wollocombe</ref> She survived her husband and died without progeny, appointing as her executor to her will her nephew Richard Yeo (1687-1750) (3rd son and heir of her younger sister Gertrude Coffin) lord of the manor of [[Huish, Devon|Huish]] in Devon, who erected the surviving inscribed mural monument in the Church of St James The Less, Huish, in her memory.<ref>Text of monument</ref>
**Mary Coffin (born 1658), 6th daughter, who in 1680 married John Martin.<ref>Vivian, p.210</ref>
**Mary Coffin (born 1658), 6th daughter, who in 1680 married John Martin.<ref>Vivian, p.210</ref>
**Gertrude Coffin (1661-1701), 7th daughter, who in 1682 married George Yeo (1653-1714) lord of the manor of [[Huish, Devon|Huish]] in Devon.<ref>Vivian, p.836, pedigree of Yeo</ref> Her 3rd son and heir was Richard Yeo (1687-1750) who was appointed executor of the will of his childless aunt Jane Coffin (1657-1717), and erected the surviving inscribed mural monument in the Church of St James The Less, Huish, in her memory.<ref>Text of monument</ref>
**Gertrude Coffin (1661-1701), 7th daughter, who in 1682 married George Yeo (1653-1714) lord of the manor of [[Huish, Devon|Huish]] in Devon.<ref>Vivian, p.836, pedigree of Yeo</ref> Her 3rd son and heir was Richard Yeo (1687-1750) who was appointed executor of the will of his childless aunt Jane Coffin (1657-1717), and erected the surviving inscribed mural monument in the Church of St James The Less, Huish, in her memory.<ref>Text of monument</ref>

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For other uses, see Richard Coffin.
Arms of Coffin: Azure, three bezants between eight crosses crosslet or.[1] Often shown with varying number of crosses, in which case: Azure semé of crosses crosslet or, three bezants

Richard Coffin (1623-1700) of Portledge in the parish of Alwington in North Devon, was lord of the manor of Alwington and served as Sheriff of Devon in 1683.[2]

Origins

Mural monument to Henry Hurding (d.1627), Monkleigh Church. Elizabeth Hurding, the mother of Richard Coffin, is one of his four daughters shown kneeling behind his two wives at right

He was the only son and heir of John Coffin (1593-1622) of Portledge by his wife Elizabeth Hurding, one of the two eldest daughters of Henry Hurding (d.1627) (alias Harding[3]) of Long Bredy, Dorset,[4] by his first wife Gertrude Bampfield, 6th daughter of Richard Bampfield (1526–1594) of Poltimore and Bampfylde House in Exeter, both in Devon, Sheriff of Devon in 1576 and ancestor of the Bampfylde Baronets and Barons Poltimore. Her brother was Sir Amias Bampfield, MP.[5] The mural monument to Henry Hurding survives in Monkleigh Church, Devon, on which are depicted his four daughters. Elizabeth Hurding survived her husband and remarried to Hugh Prust (d.1666)[6] of Gorven in the parish of Hartland and of Annery in the parish of Monkleigh, both in North Devon. His four times great-grandfather was Richard Coffin (1456-1523)[7] of Alwington and Heanton Punchardon in North Devon, Sheriff of Devon in 1511.[8] The Coffin family had been established at Alwington since the reign of King Henry II (1154-1189), and remained there in unbroken male succession until 1766.[9]

Marriages & progeny

He married thrice:

  • Firstly in 1644 to Mary Dennis (d.pre-1648), of the family of Dennis of Orleigh, North Devon, near Alwington, without progeny.[10]
  • Secondly in 1648 at Monkleigh, to Dorothy Rowe (d.1666),[11] by whom he had progeny 2 sons and 9 daughters:
    • John Coffin (1649-1704), eldest son and heir, of Alwington, baptised at Monkleigh. He died without progeny four years after his father and was succeeded by his youngest half-brother Richard Coffin (1684-1766), a Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in North Devon in 1727[12] who also died without progeny and was the last surviving male member of the Coffin family.[13]
    • Richard Coffin (1659-1660), 2nd son, died an infant, buried at Alwington.
    • Dorothy Coffin (1651-1690), eldest daughter, who in 1672 married Edward Pyne (1648-1675) of East Down and of Chelfham in the parish of Bratton Fleming,[14] both in North Devon, whose grandson Rev. John Pine-Coffin (1735-1824) in 1796 inherited the Coffin estates at Alwington and elsewhere on the death of Richard Bennett-Coffin (d.1796), the grandson of her brother Richard Coffin (1684-1766). Her descendants remained seated at East Down manor house until 1866, the Pyne family having occupied it since the 13th century.[15] The last in the Pine-Coffin family to occupy Portledge manor house was Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin (1908-1974).
    • Elizabeth Coffin (1654-1654), 2nd daughter, died an infant.
    • Katherine I Coffin (1654-1682), 3rd daughter, 1st wife of Giles Risdon (d.1697) of Bableigh, Parkham in North Devon, the birth place of the Devon historian Tristram Risdon (d.1640), whose grandfather was their shared ancestor.[16]
    • Elizabeth II Coffin (1656-1666), 4th daughter, died aged 10.
Mural monument to Jane Coffin (1657-1717), Church of St James The Less, Huish
    • Jane Coffin (1657-1717), 5th daughter, who in 1682 married Roger Wollocombe (1658-1708) of Combe in the parish of Roborough, North Devon, Sheriff of Devon in 1706.[17] She survived her husband and died without progeny, appointing as her executor to her will her nephew Richard Yeo (1687-1750) (3rd son and heir of her younger sister Gertrude Coffin) lord of the manor of Huish in Devon, who erected the surviving inscribed mural monument in the Church of St James The Less, Huish, in her memory.[18]
    • Mary Coffin (born 1658), 6th daughter, who in 1680 married John Martin.[19]
    • Gertrude Coffin (1661-1701), 7th daughter, who in 1682 married George Yeo (1653-1714) lord of the manor of Huish in Devon.[20] Her 3rd son and heir was Richard Yeo (1687-1750) who was appointed executor of the will of his childless aunt Jane Coffin (1657-1717), and erected the surviving inscribed mural monument in the Church of St James The Less, Huish, in her memory.[21]
    • Ann Coffin (1682-1682), 8th daughter, died an infant.
Arms of Prideaux: Argent, a chevron sable in chief a label of three points gules
  • Thirdly in 1674 he married Anne Prideaux (d.1705), a daughter of Edmund Prideaux (1606–1683), of Prideaux Place in Padstow, Cornwall, MP for Saltash and Sheriff of Cornwall in 1664, by whom he had a further 2 sons and 2 daughters as follows:
    • John Coffin (1678-1703), 3rd son, who in 1703 at Upton Pyne married Katherine Kellond (1684-1709), a daughter of John Kellond (1635-1692) (alias Kelland) of Painsford in the parish of Ashprington in Devon, a Member of Parliament MP for Totnes in Devon and Sheriff of Devon in 1683,[22] by his wife Bridget Fownes (1641-1696), his first cousin and sister of John Fownes (1640–1670)[23] of Whitley, Devon,[24] the father of John Fownes (1661-1731) of Kittery Court in the parish of Kingswear and of Nethway in the parish of Brixham, both in Devon, a Member of Parliament for Dartmouth, Devon, in 1713-14.[25] The monument of John Kellond survives in Ashprington Church.[26] Her brother was Charles Kellond (1660-1695) of Painsford, a Member of Parliament for Totnes in Devon 1680-1.[27] The marriage was without progeny. She survived her husband and in 1705 remarried firstly to John Prideaux of Soldon, Holsworthy[28] in Devon, her first husband's mother's cousin, without progeny, and secondly to Peter Prideaux, nephew of her second husband, by whom she had progeny who inherited the estate of Soldon.[29] She died aged only 25, as is recorded on her surviving ledger stone in Sutcombe Church, the parish church of the Prideaux seat of Thuborough.
    • Richard Coffin (1684-1766), 4th son, a Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in North Devon in 1727.[30] He died without progeny and was the last surviving male member of the Coffin family,[31] established since the reign of King Henry II (1154-1189)[32] at Alwington.
    • Bridget Coffin (1675-1697), 10th daughter, who in 1694 married (as his second wife) Charles Kellond (1660-1695) of Painsford, a Member of Parliament MP for Totnes in Devon 1680-1,[33] whose sister Katherine Kellond had married her brother John Coffin. She had one daughter Anne Kellond (1695-1709) who died aged 14.
    • Honor Coffin (born 1682), 11th daughter, who in 1708 at Alwington married Edward Bennett of Hexworthy[34] in the parish of Lawhitton in Cornwall, a descendant of Col. Robert Bennet (1605–1683) of Hexworthy, a Member of Parliament during the Civil War and a noted commander of the Parliamentarian forces. Her son was Richard Bennett-Coffin (d.1796) who became heir to the Coffin estates following the death of his childless uncle Richard Coffin (1684-1766). He adopted the name and arms of Coffin, but died without progeny at Esher in Surrey and was buried at Lawhitton where survives his monument.[35] His heir was Rev. John Pine-Coffin (1735-1824), eldest surviving grandson of Dorothy Coffin (1651-1690), eldest daughter of Richard Coffin (1623-1700), who in 1672 married Edward Pyne (1648-1675) of East Down. Her descendants remained seated at East Down manor house until 1866, the Pyne family having occupied it since the 13th century.[36] The last in the Pine-Coffin family to occupy Portledge manor house was Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin (1908-1974).

References

  1. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.208-11, pedigree of Coffin, p.208 arms given with 9 crosses crosslet. 8 as surviving monument of James Coffin (d.1566) in Monkleigh Church
  2. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.210, pedigree of Coffin; 1683 per Risdon's List of Sheriffs (regnal date 36 Charles II)
  3. ^ Vivian, p.630, pedigree of Prust; Risdon, p.236; spelling on his monument in Monkleigh Church: "Hurdinge"
  4. ^ "Dorset" per his monument in Monkleigh Church; "Someret" per Vivian, p.29
  5. ^ Vivian, p.29, pedigree of Bampfield
  6. ^ Vivian, p.630, pedigree of Prust
  7. ^ Byrne, vol.1, p.605; Vivian, p.208, pedigree of Coffin; Byrne, vol.1, p.606: "died in Dec 1523 at age of 77"
  8. ^ "Regnal year 2 Henry VIII" Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions; Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.477
  9. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.442, pedigree of "Pine-Coffin of Portledge". 1766, death of Richard Coffin
  10. ^ Vivian, p.210; not mentioned in pedigree of Dennis of Orleigh, Vivian, p.282
  11. ^ Possibly Rowe of Kingston, Staverton
  12. ^ Vivian, p.210
  13. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.442, pedigree of "Pine-Coffin of Portledge"
  14. ^ Vivian, p.633, pedigree of Pyne
  15. ^ Pevsner, p.349
  16. ^ Vivian, p.648, pedigree of Risdon
  17. ^ Vivian, p.796, pedigree of Wollocombe
  18. ^ Text of monument
  19. ^ Vivian, p.210
  20. ^ Vivian, p.836, pedigree of Yeo
  21. ^ Text of monument
  22. ^ Vivian, p.210
  23. ^ Vivian, p.373
  24. ^ Per inscription on monument in Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great to their son John Kellond
  25. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.373, Pedigree of "Fownes of Plymouth"
  26. ^ Vivian, p.508 "MI"
  27. ^ Vivian, p.509
  28. ^ Vivian, p.210
  29. ^ Vivian, p.509, pedigree of Kellond of Painsford
  30. ^ Vivian, p.210
  31. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.442, pedigree of "Pine-Coffin of Portledge"
  32. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.442, pedigree of "Pine-Coffin of Portledge"
  33. ^ Vivian, p.509
  34. ^ http://launcestonthen.co.uk/index.php/the-parishes/lawhitton/hexworthy-house/
  35. ^ Vivian, p.210
  36. ^ Pevsner, p.349
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